Astrophysics Seminar: Exploring solutions to the galaxy diversity problem
Akaxia Cruz (Flatiron Institute/Princeton University)
On large scales the Universe is well described by a cosmological model where matter primarily comprises cold dark matter (CDM), a single collision-less particle species with negligible primordial thermal dispersion.…
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: "Robots that evolve on demand"
Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale)
Abstract: Soft robots have the potential to adapt their morphology and behavioral control policy to changing tasks and environments. Inspired by the dynamic plasticity of living materials and general adaptability of…
High Energy Theory Seminar: Causality constraints on EFTs
Sera Cremonini (Leigh University)
I will discuss how causality can be used to place bounds on higher derivative corrections to Einstein Maxwell theory. Scattering probe photons off of charged shock waves, we obtain new constraints on the Wilson…
Colloquium: The Wide-angle View of Dark Matter in Nearby Galaxies
Robyn Sanderson (University of Pennsylvania)
The Gaia astrometric survey has delivered a detailed “close-up” of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, by measuring precise 3D positions and…
High Energy Theory Seminar: "TBA"
Brian McPeak (McGill University)
Astrophysics Seminar: Examining the CMB quadrupole anomaly using Planck PR3 data
Jahmour Givans (Princeton University)
Observations of the large-angular-scale autocorrelation function and power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) over the last 30 years have consistently provided hints that our standard LCDM cosmological…
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Multicellular is different: the biophysical basis of multicellular growth
Peter Yunker (Georgia Tech)
Cells often live in groups, such as surface attached communities of unrelated bacteria (e.g., biofilms) to multicellular organisms (e.g., animals). Living in groups provides cells with a range of…
Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Computing with Physical Systems
Peter McMahon (Cornell University)
Conventional digital computing technology based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) devices has accumulated a performance increase in excess of 1,000,000x versus the first CMOS digital…